Moderate: flash-plugin security update
| Advisory: | RHSA-2007:0009-3 |
|---|---|
| Type: | Security Advisory |
| Severity: | Moderate |
| Issued on: | 2007-01-09 |
| Last updated on: | 2007-01-09 |
| Affected Products: | Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) |
| CVEs (cve.mitre.org): |
CVE-2006-5330 |
Details
An updated Adobe Flash Player package that fixes a security issue is now
available.
This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.
The flash-plugin package contains a Firefox-compatible Adobe Flash Player
browser plug-in.
A flaw was found in the way the Adobe Flash Player generates HTTP requests.
It was possible for a malicious Adobe Flash file to modify the HTTP header
of the client request, which could be leveraged to exploit certain HTTP proxy
and web server flaws. (CVE-2006-5330)
Users of Adobe Flash Player should upgrade to this updated package, which
contains version 7.0.69 and is not vulnerable to this issue.
Solution
relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. To use Red Hat Network,
launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command:
up2date
This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate
RPMs being upgraded on your system.
Updated packages
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 3) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el3.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2010:0706 |
MD5: bec87a6871c31f6e6ce7c813bd628fd2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras (v. 4) | |
| IA-32: | |
| flash-plugin-7.0.69-1.el4.i386.rpm File outdated by: RHSA-2011:0368 |
MD5: f7f989fcad193b5d58ef544a826616aa |
| (The unlinked packages above are only available from the Red Hat Network) | |
Bugs fixed (see bugzilla for more information)
218973 - CVE-2006-5330 Flash Player HTTP header injection
References
http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
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